PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 153.

DECEMBER 5, 1917.







CHARIVARIA.

The announcement of Mr. Justice BRAY that bigamy is rampant at the
present time has been drawn to the notice of the FOOD-CONTROLLER, who
wishes it to be clearly understood that under no circumstances will
the head of a family be allowed a sugar ration for more than one wife.

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"I have in my possession," writes a correspondent of _The Evening
News_, "a loaf of bread made by my husband's mother in 1821." This
should dispose of the popular belief that nobody anticipated the War
except Mr. BLATCHFORD.

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Lug-worms are being sold at Deal for five shillings a score. They are
stated to form an agreeable substitute for macaroni.